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  2. Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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    Shepard's murder continued to attract public attention and media coverage long after the trial was over. In 2004, the ABC News news program 20/20 aired a report by TV journalist Elizabeth Vargas that quoted statements by McKinney, Henderson, Price, Rerucha, and a lead investigator.

  3. Voices: Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder is still a warning to ...

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    The hate that Matthew’s murder spotlighted still exists today. Just last year, five people were killed by a far-right gunman in an anti-LGBTQ attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

  4. Why Matthew Shepard’s Story Was So Important For ... - AOL

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    The two-hour documentary special “The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime” airs Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on ID (ahead of the 25th anniversary of Shepard’s death on Oct. 12 ...

  5. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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    The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, [1] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, [2] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).

  6. Matthew Shepard's Murder Was Almost Certainly Not an ... - AOL

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    Shepard's murder was, without a doubt, an act of hate and violence. But the latter part of Biden's statement—that his murder was spurred by homophobic animus—is the most important.

  7. Murder of James Byrd Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Brewer and King were the first white men to be sentenced to death for killing a black person in the history of modern Texas. [3] In 2001, Byrd's lynching-by-dragging led the state of Texas to pass a hate crimes law, which later led the United States Congress to pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. [4]

  8. Stephen Jimenez - Wikipedia

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    Jimenez first visited Laramie shortly after the murder, planning to write a screenplay and believing that the murder was a straightforward homophobic killing. [20] Jimenez spent 13 years researching the murder, and came to the conclusion that Matthew and one of the men convicted of his murder were involved in the illegal trade in crystal meth .

  9. Matthew Shepard's mom calls anti-LGBTQ bills a 'vicious ... - AOL

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    Judy and Dennis Shepard reflect on their son Matthew Shepard's legacy and LGBTQ rights today. Matthew Shepard's mom calls anti-LGBTQ bills a 'vicious attack' 25 years after his murder Skip to main ...